Description
Upon first glance, the Apple MacBook Pro “Core Duo” 2.16 17-Inch looks quite similar to the PowerBook G4/1.67 17″ (HR) that it replaced, but the MacBook Pro is powered by an Intel “Core Duo” processor. This model features a 2.16 GHz Intel “Core Duo” processor (T2600), with two independent processor “cores” on a single silicon chip, a 2 MB shared “on chip” level 2 cache, a 667 MHz frontside bus, 1.0 GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300), a 120.0 GB hard drive with “Sudden Motion Sensor” technology, and an 8X dual-layer DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW SuperDrive. It also includes an ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics processor with 256 MB of GDDR3 video memory and dual-link DVI functionality, and a 17.0″ widescreen TFT active-matrix display (1680×1050 native) that Apple states is 36% brighter than the display provided by its predecessor.
Like its predecessor, the MacBook Pro 2.16 17″ has the same fiber-optic-based “ambient light sensor” that automatically “measures ambient light” that adjusts keyboard illumination and screen brightness, the same “scrolling TrackPad”, and the same AirPort Extreme (802.11g), Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, Gigabit Ethernet, FireWire “400” port, Firewire “800” port, and optical digital audio in/out.
However, the MacBook Pro 2.16 17″ drops the S-video out port and internal modem, adds an extra USB 2.0 port (for a total of three), and substitutes an ExpressCard/34 expansion slot for the Type I/II PC card slot. The MacBook Pro models also include a built-in iSight video camera, an Apple Remote for use with Apple Front Row software, and the “MagSafe” power connector that safely disconnects if someone trips over the cord.
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